The 2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season which started on November 9. Conference play began on December 31. This is the tenth season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 36th since the conference first sponsored women's sports, including basketball, in the 1986–87 school year.
The Pac-12 tournament took place from March 2–6 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
Pre-season
Recruiting classes
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Preseason All-American teams
Preseason polls
Pac-12 Media days
The Pac-12 will conduct its 2021 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 13, 2021 (Pac-12 Network).
The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:
Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer(MBB) – Jamie Zaninovich
Arizona –
Arizona State –
California –
Colorado –
Oregon –
Oregon State –
Stanford –
UCLA –
USC –
Utah –
Washington –
Washington State –
Source:
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Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference
Honorable Mention Kennedy Brown (OSU); Gina Conti (UCLA); Natalie Chou (UCLA); Dalayah Daniels (CAL); Dru Gylten (UTAH); Taya Hanson (ASU); Krystal Leger-Walker (WSU) Brynna Maxwell (UTAH); Nancy Mulkey (WASH); Jaylyn Sherrod (COLO); Anna Wilson (STAN).
Midseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.
Final watchlists
Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.
Regular season
The Schedule will be released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.
Early season tournaments
Records against other conferences
2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (November 27, 2021):
Regular season
Post Season
Record against ranked non-conference opponents
This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking
† denotes game was played on neutral site
Conference schedule
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Points scored
Through January 23, 2022
Rankings
Head coaches
Coaching changes
Coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Pac-12 records are from time at current school.
Notes: Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2020–21 season. NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only. NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools
Post season
Pac-12 tournament
The conference tournament was played from March 2–6 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, NV. The top four teams had a bye on the first day. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
NCAA tournament
Teams from the conference were selected to participate:
Women's National Invitation Tournament
Number from the conference were selected to participate:
Awards and honors
Players of the Week
Throughout the regular season, the Pac-12 offices honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.
Totals per School
All-Americans
All-District
The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:
District VIII
All-District Team
District IX
Player of the Year
All-District Team
Conference awards
The Pac-12 presents two separate sets of major awards—one voted on by conference coaches and the other by media.